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I have a ThinkPad X1 carbon and it's crap. At least running Ubuntu on it is garbage. Battery life is terrible, sometimes the screen flickers which I suspect
by segmondy 8y ago
I have a ThinkPad X1 carbon and it's crap. At least running Ubuntu on it is garbage. Battery life is terrible, sometimes the screen flickers which I suspect is video driver, suspend doesn't work and locks up the machine. Had to return 2 of them due to hardware issues when we ordered one for everyone on my team. I like the portable form factor, display, keyboard. But stability/usability has not been the best experience. Which is strange because the thinkpad are often well behaved when running Linux.
- kentosi 8y agoCan I ask which generation you're using? ArchLinux at least does a good job of listing any issues across all generations: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Carbon_(Gen_6) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Carb...
- beefield 8y agoFor battery life you likely want to install tlp. https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-ma...
- davidandgoliath 8y agoThis! I had 15 minutes remaining one day in battery life, installed tlp & was good for another 45. Massive improvement. If you don't want that carbon though, I'll buy it off ya if it's a gen5.
- xjia 8y agoHave been running Ubuntu 16.04 for 2 years and now moving to 18.04. Had no problems at all.